NAAC ACCREDITED INSTITUTION “For the Region and for the Nation” PROSPECTUS Academic Session 2019-2020 Central University of Orissa Koraput-764021 www.cuo.ac.in CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA KORAPUT (Established by the Central Universities Act of Parliament, 2009) Visitor His Excellency Shri Ram Nath Kovind The President of India Chancellor Prof. P. V. Krishna Bhatta Vice-Chancellor (I/C) Prof. Sharat Kumar Palita Address Central University of Orissa Landiguda, Koraput-764021, Odisha (India) Tel: 06852-288200, 288210 Fax: 06852-288225 E-Mail: [email protected]. University website: www.cuo.ac.in Our Mission The primary goal of the Central University of Orissa is the all round development of its students. Located in the lush valleys of the Koraput region, the CUO aspires to be an ideal destination for outstanding academicians, scholars, and students. It strives to combine equity and excellence, the mandate of higher education in the country. It seeks to harness interdisciplinary research for nation building activities. i Prof. Sharat Kumar Palita Vice-Chancellor (I/C) Central University of Orissa, Koraput Message from the Vice-Chancellor (I/C) I feel great pleasure in welcoming all aspirants who desire to enrol in the academic programmes of the Central University of Orissa at Koraput. Students are the main strength of any institution of higher learning. We at the CUO are working hard to ensure that our students avail necessary academic and pedagogic support to pursue their career and develop their personalities. The prospectus of the CUO provides necessary information for the student aspirants for all that they wish to know about their University. I congratulate the Admission Committee of CUO for their sincere efforts in preparing the prospectus for 2019-20. I wish all the student aspirants best of times who plan to write their entrance examinations to various academic programmes of this University. I am confident that together we can make a difference to the higher education scenario of our country. The CUO’s prospectus highlights basic features of CUO academic programmes and our achievements and milestones such as innovative academic programmes, NAAC score, NIRF ranking and many other progressive practices initiated by the MHRD and UGC. With Best Wishes to all. Prof. Sharat Kumar Palita Vice-Chancellor (I/C) Central University of Orissa, Koraput ii CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ORISSA PROSPECTUS: 2019-20 Central University of Orissa Landiguda, Koraput -764 021 Odisha (India) Admission Enquiries: Controller of Examinations Tel. 06852-288228/288229 Tel: 06852-288228/288210 Fax: 06852-288225 E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.cuo.ac.in. iii NAAC ACCREDITATION The NAAC Peer Team visited the University and accredited the University with B+ rank with CGPA of 2.59. NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK (NIRF)-2019 The University is ranked within the band of 151-200 NIRF-2019 ranking. MEMBER OF AIU The University is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) MoUs FOR ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT Central University of Orissa has signed an MoUs with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Sunabeda, a leading Navaratna PSU, for promoting academics, research and regional development through partnership. Under this programme, ‘Distinguished Lecture Series’ have been initiated by inviting persons of eminence from various fields of Science, Technology, Literature, Humanities and Management, etc. for academic enrichment. Besides, CUO has also signed MoU with Council of Analytical Tribal Studies (COATS), Koraput, a leading research institute devoted to tribal economy, livelihood, society, and culture. A National Seminar has been organised on tribal issues and challenges collaboratively. UNNAT BHARAT ABHIYAN (UBA) In order to bring positive transformation in the neighbourhood areas and under MHRD initiative, the Central University of Orissa (CUO) has adopted five villages under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA). It is a movement that connects institutes of higher learning with the local community to address development of rural India through appropriate academic, social, and technological intervention. For implementation and monitoring of the UBA programme in the CUO, an MoU has been signed with IIT (Delhi). EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT (EBSB) The EBSB is a flagship programme of the Ministry of HRD, Government of India where two states are paired with each other and the Higher Education Institutions have to organize programmes based on the language, literature, & culture of the paired state. The CUO had organized the Phase-I and Phase-II of EBSB being paired with the State of Maharashtra. WI-FI ENABLED CAMPUS Both Campuses of the University (Main Campus at Sunabeda and City Centre at Landiguda) are Wi-Fi enabled (MHRD Campus Wi-Fi Project). iv CONTENTS 1. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY 2. SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS 3. ADMISSION POLICY 3.1 Medium of Instruction 3.2 Criteria for Admission for the Courses offered in the Departments under the Schools 3.3 General Instructions 3.4 Reservations and Concessions in Admissions 3.5 Admission of Foreign Nationals (Supernumerary) 3.6 Application for all Programmes (on-line) 3.7 Entrance Examination 3.8 The Entrance Examination Schedule 3.9 Entrance Examination Centres 3.10 Selection Criteria 3.11 Criteria for resolving ties 3.12 Provisional Admission 4. EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION 4.1 Semester System and Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) 4.2 Continuous Internal Assessment 4.3 Attendance requirements to appear in the End-Semester Examination 4.4 Examination and Certification for B.Ed. Programme 4.5 Supplementary Examinations 4.6 Special Supplementary Examinations 4.7 Improvement Examinations 4.8 Repeat Examinations 4.9 General Rules for Improvement /Repeat /Supplementary Examinations 4.10 Promotion and Progression 4.11 Result Declaration 4.12 Award of Gold Medals 5. ACADEMIC AND STUDENTS’ SERVICES 6. FEE DETAILS 7. ACADEMIC CALENDAR 8. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING UP OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM 9. IMPORTANT DATES ANNEXURE- I [Proforma for Other Backward Class (OBC) Certificate] ANNEXURE- II [List of Scheduled Areas in India] ANNEXURE- III [Declaration by the Student] ANNEXURE- IV [Income & Assets Certificate To Be Produced By EWS] v 1. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY Central University of Orissa was established under the Central Universities Act 2009, by an Act of Parliament (No. 3C of 2009) of India and came into existence in 2009. It is one of the 15 new Central Universities established by the Government of India during the UGC XI Plan period to address the concern of the Nation on the principle of “equity and access” to quality higher education. The main campus of the University, covering an area of 430.37 acres broadly comes under Sunabeda Municipality (Urban area) and is close to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Naval Armament Depot (NAD) at Sunabeda. It is connected to NH - 26 by an approach road of about 4 km. distance. The nearest Railway Stations are Koraput (24 kms), Dumuriput P.H. (12 kms.), and Damanjodi (20 kms.). The University endeavours to promote quality education for all and ‘disseminate inclusive education’ to reach the un-reached. It advocates the symbiosis of the indigenous and the global scene, create a niche of its own so as to promote the principles of national unity and integrity, social justice, secularism, democratic values, cultural pluralism, international understanding and scientific approach to solve problems of the society. For achieving the above goals, the University is committed to: foster the diversified society and culture of India and establish such departments or institutions along with need-based disciplines of study as may be required for the overall societal development; endeavour to facilitate students and teachers from all over India and abroad to join the University and participate in its academic programmes; promote and facilitate students and teachers in understanding the social needs of the country and prepare them for fulfilling such needs; make provisions for integrated courses in Humanities, Science and Technology, Computer and Information Technology, Legal Studies, Biodiversity and Medical Sciences related educational programmes of the University; establish such departments or institutions as may be necessary for the study of languages and literature, culture and life of the people, bio-diversity in the region, with a view to inculcate in the students broader perspectives of national and international understanding about the neglected areas of the study; take appropriate steps for promoting inter-disciplinary studies in the University. In the light of the above, the approach of the University has been evolving policies and programmes which will create for the Central University of Orissa a niche of its own. The University has been striving to attract students from all parts of the country so that it stands out as a national university. The University also encourages the enrolment of students outside India, especially from the developing countries in adequate number. The basic academic units of the University have come up with multi-disciplinary schools made up with different Departments. A School has been visualized as a group of enrolled scholars along with the faculty concerned in the dissemination of knowledge, employing the required methodology for understanding problem areas of the subject-matter. 1 The “Objectives of the University” as envisaged in the Act are “to disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning